Opinion
Helping communities cope with climate change
Skyline of downtown Los Angeles on a smoggy day. (Photo0: EvijaF via Shutterstock)OPINION: Growing up in New Orleans, summertime brought mixed feelings. It meant the end of the school year and endless snow cones, but also the beginning of hurricane season. Here in California we experience extreme heat in the summer and floods and fires throughout the year, all made worse by climate change. Unless we take action now to prepare our communities, many will suffer, some more than others.